Al-Kafi · Hadith 30

The Book about people with Divine Authority · Enlightening Points Deduced from the Holy Quran about Leadership with Divine Authority) · Volume 1, book 4, chapter 108, Hadith 30

Original Arabic text

30ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لابِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَوْلُهُ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَياةَ الدُّنْيا قَالَ وَلايَتَهُمْ وَالاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقى‏ قَالَ وَلايَةُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) إِنَّ هذا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الاولى‏. صُحُفِ إِبْراهِيمَ وَمُوسى‏.

Published English translation

30. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from ‘Abdallah ibn Idris from Muhammad ibn Sinan from al-Fudayl ibn ‘Umar who has said the following. “I asked abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) about the meaning of the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious. “However, (the unbelievers) prefer the worldly life, (87:16) -The Imam (a.s.) said, “They have preferred their (evil doers) friendship-” even though the life hereafter will be better and will last forever –The Imam (a.s.)said, “It means the friendship of Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.) - (87:17). This is what is written in the ancient heavenly Books,(87:18) the Scriptures of Abraham and Moses (87:19).”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف على المشهور

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/31)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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